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Overview

Lorne M. Mendell is a researcher affiliated with Stony Brook University in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields within medicine, with a focus on physiology, pharmacology, and neurology. This interdisciplinary approach positions them at the intersection of several subfields engaged in understanding complex biological and neurological processes.

Their main research topics include pain mechanisms and treatments, musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, as well as botulinum toxin and related neurological disorders. These areas reflect ongoing investigations into both the fundamental science of pain and its clinical applications.

  • Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders

Among their scholarly contributions is the paper titled The Path to Discovery of Windup and Central Sensitization, published in 2022 within the journal Frontiers in Pain Research. This article addresses critical topics related to central sensitization, a phenomenon important to understanding chronic pain states.

  • The Path to Discovery of Windup and Central Sensitization (2022, Frontiers in Pain Research)

This publication venue also represents the primary platform where Mendell has shared their research findings. The single publication in Frontiers in Pain Research aligns with their thematic focus on pain-related mechanisms and treatments.

  • Frontiers in Pain Research

The researcher's record indicates a concentration on interdisciplinary medical sciences, with three publications categorized under medicine. These publications include studies in physiology, pharmacology, and neurology, allowing for integration across biological sciences that contribute to a comprehensive understanding of pain and neurological disorders.

  • Medicine

  • Physiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Neurology

There are no listed frequent co-authors, indicating that their research may be conducted either independently or in collaboration with varied partners not recurring frequently in scholarly publications. No awards have been recorded in the available data, and there is no indication that they are deceased.

Best Publications

  • Physiological Properties of Unmyelinated Fiber Projection to the Spinal Cord

    Lorne M. Mendell

  • Functional Organization of Motoneuron Pool and its Inputs

    Elwood Henneman;Lorne M. Mendell

  • Responses of Single Dorsal Cord Cells to Peripheral Cutaneous Unmyelinated Fibres

    Lorne M. Mendell;Patrick D. Wall

  • Nerve growth factor-induced hyperalgesia in the neonatal and adult rat

    Gary R. Lewin;Amy M. Ritter;Lorne M. Mendell

  • Nerve growth factor and nociception

    Gary R. Lewin;Lorne M. Mendell

  • Peripheral and Central Mechanisms of NGF‐induced Hyperalgesia

    Gary R. Lewin;Alain Rueff;Lorne M. Mendell

  • Terminals of single Ia fibers: location, density, and distribution within a pool of 300 homonymous motoneurons.

    L M Mendell;E Henneman

  • Constructing and deconstructing the gate theory of pain.

    Lorne M. Mendell

  • Antagonism of Nerve Growth Factor-TrkA Signaling and the Relief of Pain

    Patrick W. Mantyh;Martin Koltzenburg;Lorne M. Mendell;Leslie Tive

  • Nerve growth factor acutely sensitizes the response of adult rat sensory neurons to capsaicin.

    Xiaoquan Shu;Lorne M Mendell

  • Modifiability of spinal synapses.

    L M Mendell

  • Neurotrophins and hyperalgesia.

    X.-Q. Shu;L. M. Mendell

  • Presynaptic hyperpolarization: a role for fine afferent fibres

    L. M. Mendell;P. D. Wall

  • The size principle: a rule describing the recruitment of motoneurons

    Lorne M. Mendell

  • Neurotrophins, nociceptors, and pain.

    Lorne M. Mendell;Kathryn M. Albers;Brian M. Davis

  • Somal membrane properties of physiologically identified sensory neurons in the rat: effects of nerve growth factor.

    A. M. Ritter;L. M. Mendell

  • Quantitative ultrastructure of Ia boutons in the ventral horn: scaling and positional relationships

    Joseph P. Pierce;Lorne M. Mendell

  • Heterogeneity of group Ia synapses on homonymous alpha-motoneurons as revealed by high-frequency stimulation of Ia afferent fibers

    W. F. Collins;Marcia Honig;L. M. Mendell

  • Properties of somata of spinal dorsal root ganglion cells differ according to peripheral receptor innervated

    H. R. Koerber;R. E. Druzinsky;L. M. Mendell

  • On the role of nerve growth factor in the development of myelinated nociceptors.

    GR Lewin;AM Ritter;LM Mendell

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary R. Lewin
Gary R. Lewin Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Brian M. Davis
Brian M. Davis University of Pittsburgh
Fred H. Gage
Fred H. Gage Salk Institute for Biological Studies
James W. Fawcett
James W. Fawcett University of Cambridge
Joel M. Levine
Joel M. Levine Stony Brook University
John B. Munson
John B. Munson University of Florida
Lisa Schnell
Lisa Schnell University of Zurich
Howard J. Federoff
Howard J. Federoff University of California, Irvine
Philip J. Horner
Philip J. Horner Houston Methodist
Timothy C. Cope
Timothy C. Cope Georgia Institute of Technology

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